Testing Process

The Testing Process to become an officer at the Rogers Police Department has three major components: a written exam, a physical agility test, and two oral interviews. You must pass each event to be able to proceed to the next component of the testing process.

Candidates who fail any portion of the selection process are disqualified, however,you may re-test one other time during the calendar year.

The written exam is designed to test general knowledge. The exam consists of problem solving, reading comprehension, writing ability, mathematics, and an attitude and personality component.

The National Criminal Justice Officer Selection Inventory (NCJOSI) was developed as an alternative to conventional law enforcement and correctional officer written entrance examinations and includes both a cognitive (problem solving) component and an attitude/personality (criminal justice officer orientation) component.

You will have 1 hour and 30 minutes to answer 87 questions on the exam, which consists of 45 general knowledge questions and 42 personality questions.

If you wish to purchase a study guide, they are available at http://www.publicsafetyrecruitment.com. Click Study Guides, then Law Enforcement Study Guides. You may choose either the Enhanced Edition National Criminal Justice Officer Selection Inventory Study Guide with practice exam, or the Standard Edition National Criminal Justice Officer Selection Inventory Study Guide.

The Physical Agility portion of the testing process is designed to simulate the arrival of an officer on a scene, a physical confrontation, a foot pursuit, a body drag, and firing of the duty weapon.

You have 3 minutes and 54 seconds to complete all tasks.

The Physical Agility Test consists of:

* Stand up unassisted from your knees
* Run up and down 2 flights of stairs while wearing a ballistic vest
* Manipulate a weight resistance machine which demonstrates the ability to control while pushing and pulling 80 pounds of resistance.
* Short shuttle run
* 180 pound dummy drag of 30-feet
* Dry fire a weapon within a specified target area.